Andreasen, Dan,” A Special Day for Mommy."New York: Ann Bobco. 2004. 32 pages. Ages 2-6.Genre: Picture story language: English This book was about a special day for a child’s mom. The child was trying to make the perfect gift his mom. The mom unfortunately was picking up the mess after the child. At the end of the day all the gifts were made and the child gave it to his mom. The child was so proud of his work as well as his mom. Dan Andreasen has illustrated many loved books for children including River Boy as well as many titles in the Little House Series. He lives with his family in Medina, Ohio. This book is for young children to realize that they can do things to make a person feel special. It shows how the child can gather things and make something out of it. It also demonstrates that they don’t need any money to give a gift. I really enjoyed this book because of the colorful pictures and young child will get their attention. I would recommend this book to a kindergarten teacher because it is a short story for the kids and they won’t get bored.
Schart-Hyman, Trina. “Snow White." Boston: Paul Heins, 1974. 38 pages. Ages 5-9. Genre: Traditional Literature. Language: English. This book is a classic tale of snow white. The pictures are so vivid and have realistic expressions in every character. This book gives good character and a mean character. The author Trina Schart-Hyman won the Caldecott medal for “Saints George and the Dragon. She also illustrated her own retelling of “The Sleeping Beauty. This book is a classic story that can be retold many times. I enjoy this story all the time I read it. The story shows the children that there is someone out there that truly cares. It also tells the children to listen and trust an adult. It shows the consequences if not obeyed. I would recommend this book to a teacher because it is a classic and also because it has sad and happy moments. The pictures in the book are also descriptive.
Burton, Virginia Lee. “The Little House." New York: George Demetrios, 1969. 40 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Traditional Literature. Language: English This book illustrates very detailed pictures. These pictures describe the surrounding of the house and gives excellent views of the scenery. This book describes the four seasons and what happens during the day for each season. Virginia Lee Burton was a children author that included heroes and happy endings in her books. She was also the winner of the Caldecott medal. She lived with her sculptor husband, George Demetrios and her two sons Aristides and Michael. This book is a very good book for children to read. It describes the house having different emotions. It also educates the students in our four seasons throughout the year. It describes to a child how a city is compared to a country. I really enjoy how the pictures and colors changed in the book depending on the mood of the house. Children would enjoy this book because they can relate to the little house as themselves because they are also considered small.
Ashman, Linda. “Castles, Caves, and Honeycombs.” New York: Lauren Stringer, 2001. 30 pages. Ages 3-7. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English This book is about all types of cozy homes. It shows how there could be homes in the ground, on trees, and in caves. Linda Ashman decided to make this book as after she had a baby and moved into her new home. She now lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and son. Children will really enjoy this book because it has a lot of colorful pictures. The young children will learn that animals have homes even though we can’t see them. I would recommend this book to a young teacher that wants to show the children about different habitats. This book is short and understandable so a young student won’t get bored easily. Kids can also relate to it when playing outside with friends and they notice the animals. Kids might become more sensitive to animals once they know they also have families and homes.
Appelt, Kathi. “Bubba and Beau Meet the Relatives.” New York: Arthur Howard, 2004. 30 pages. Genre: Picture Story. Language: English This book was all colorful pictures that included five chapters describing the actions of the characters. The story was about a family that was doing their normal routine at home when all of a sudden relatives were coming over. The mom started to clean, cook and order the dad around to help out in the house. The baby was just looking at them while they were moving at a faster pace than usual. Kathi Appelt was a famous children writer who enjoyed writing ever since she can remember to write. Every child can relate to this book because majority of the families react the same way. Children can feed back to the teachers about what each family does to prepare for a visit. This book is short and tells a story that every culture can relate to. I enjoy this book because a teacher can create so many activities relating the book. This book is not stereotyping so everyone can be involved.
Depaola, Tomie. “ A Mexican Cinderella Story Adelita."New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2002. 30 pages. Ages 5-12.Genre: Traditional Literature. Language: Spanish and English The book included beautiful, cultural and colorful pictures. The story was retold and set as an imaginary tale in Mexico. Cinderella was dressed in a Mexican traditional dress and hair wrapped in ribbon. This book was written by Tomie dePaola and he has written and illustrated over 200 books. His work has been recognized with the Caldecott Honor Award and the Newbery Honor Award. A Mexican Cinderella story was retold in Mexican tradition. The story was very similar to the original but were added phrases like “mi pequenita” which means my little one and which the Latin culture would only use to express their love to one another. This book is good for children because they already know the story but now they can hear about it in another traditional way.
Turner, Ann. “Dust for Dinner." Harper Collins, 1995. 62 pages. Ages 5-10. Genre: Chapter Book. Language: English This book contains five chapters about a loving family. The family loses the home because of the conditions in the weather. They stay united throughout all the mishaps and uncertain journey to get their lives back to normal. This is a moral story of hope and unity within the family. Ann Turner is a well known children’s author that her book Rosemary’s Witch was named Best Book of 1991 by School library Journal. She is currently living in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. I really enjoyed this book because of the unity you can see in the family. The family had to relocate and start over with their lives. They also did everything in their power to not let go of personal belonging that meant a lot to the family. The moral of the story is about trust, unity, believing and staying together to work things out. This book will show children that everyone has their good and bad times but at the end everything gets better. It also shows not to give up and continue trying to succeed. Day, Alexandra. “Good Dog Carl." New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. 32 pages. Ages 3-6. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English This is a picture story book about a dog and an infant baby. The mom leaves the dog to watch over the baby. As soon as the mom leaves the house, the baby wants to play with the dog. They start to jumping on beds, dancing, and making food. The dog watches over the baby like a human being and cleans all the mess before the mom got home. As soon as the mom entered, she found the baby in the crib like she had left them. This book is from Alexandra Day who is a fine artist, writer and illustrator, and book publisher. She was honored the Children’s Choice Awards and also Choice Award for Illustration in 1984. I really enjoyed this book due to the fact that there are no words beyond the first page. This book can be shown to anyone and be interpreted in many different languages. This book shows a dog taking care of a baby that would not happen in reality. In the other hand it can show a young child that dogs or other animals can be harmless.
Lobel, Arnold. “Frog and Toad Together." Harper Collins, 1972. 64 Pages. Ages 5-11. Genre: Chapter Book. Language: English This book has five short stories about a frog and a toad that are very good friends. It contains stories about braveness, patience, memory, following directions, and making the right decisions for a friend. Arnold Lobel wrote and illustrated over 70 books for children. He received a Newbery Honor Award forthis book in 1973. This book is very good for young children to get to know what is a friendship and getting along with people. In the last story it tells about a friend disappearing and the toad actually discontinued his enjoyment just to find his friend. Even though it was a dream it shows that the toad really appreciates his friend. This book also shows children encouragement and patience in order to accomplish something in life. It also gives examples of friendships on how they can rely on one another for help. The toad would go to the frog and vise versa.
Cannon, Janell. “ Stellaluna." New York: Singapore, 1993. 42 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English This picture book is about a bat that gets raised with birds. The book illustrates beautiful, colorful pictures that distinguish the bird and the bat. The bat was told not to hang on its feet because that was wrong according to the bird and the bat had to sleep at night like the birds. This story has a happy ending because the bat gets reunited with the mom. Janell Cannon is a self taught artist and writer that really admired animals. She became an author to help people transform fear of animals into informed affection. She currently lives in southern California with her cat and parrot. This book gives a moral story about being different and still feeling very similar. This story explains that being different doesn’t mean being wrong. The birds accepted the bat and the bat accepted the birds. The young children will learn that being different is okay and acceptable. It also tells the children not to become judgmental about anyone.
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Andreasen, Dan,” A Special Day for Mommy." New York: Ann Bobco. 2004. 32 pages. Ages 2-6.Genre: Picture story language: English
This book was about a special day for a child’s mom. The child was trying to make the perfect gift his mom. The mom unfortunately was picking up the mess after the child. At the end of the day all the gifts were made and the child gave it to his mom. The child was so proud of his work as well as his mom. Dan Andreasen has illustrated many loved books for children including River Boy as well as many titles in the Little House Series. He lives with his family in Medina, Ohio.
This book is for young children to realize that they can do things to make a person feel special. It shows how the child can gather things and make something out of it. It also demonstrates that they don’t need any money to give a gift. I really enjoyed this book because of the colorful pictures and young child will get their attention. I would recommend this book to a kindergarten teacher because it is a short story for the kids and they won’t get bored.
Schart-Hyman, Trina. “Snow White." Boston: Paul Heins, 1974. 38 pages. Ages 5-9. Genre: Traditional Literature. Language: English.
This book is a classic tale of snow white. The pictures are so vivid and have realistic expressions in every character. This book gives good character and a mean character. The author Trina Schart-Hyman won the Caldecott medal for “Saints George and the Dragon. She also illustrated her own retelling of “The Sleeping Beauty. This book is a classic story that can be retold many times.
I enjoy this story all the time I read it. The story shows the children that there is someone out there that truly cares. It also tells the children to listen and trust an adult. It shows the consequences if not obeyed. I would recommend this book to a teacher because it is a classic and also because it has sad and happy moments. The pictures in the book are also descriptive.
Burton, Virginia Lee. “The Little House." New York: George Demetrios, 1969. 40 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Traditional Literature. Language: English
This book illustrates very detailed pictures. These pictures describe the surrounding of the house and gives excellent views of the scenery. This book describes the four seasons and what happens during the day for each season. Virginia Lee Burton was a children author that included heroes and happy endings in her books. She was also the winner of the Caldecott medal. She lived with her sculptor husband, George Demetrios and her two sons Aristides and Michael.
This book is a very good book for children to read. It describes the house having different emotions. It also educates the students in our four seasons throughout the year. It describes to a child how a city is compared to a country. I really enjoy how the pictures and colors changed in the book depending on the mood of the house. Children would enjoy this book because they can relate to the little house as themselves because they are also considered small.
Ashman, Linda. “Castles, Caves, and Honeycombs.” New York: Lauren Stringer, 2001. 30 pages. Ages 3-7. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English
This book is about all types of cozy homes. It shows how there could be homes in the ground, on trees, and in caves. Linda Ashman decided to make this book as after she had a baby and moved into her new home. She now lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and son.
Children will really enjoy this book because it has a lot of colorful pictures. The young children will learn that animals have homes even though we can’t see them. I would recommend this book to a young teacher that wants to show the children about different habitats. This book is short and understandable so a young student won’t get bored easily. Kids can also relate to it when playing outside with friends and they notice the animals. Kids might become more sensitive to animals once they know they also have families and homes.
Appelt, Kathi. “Bubba and Beau Meet the Relatives.” New York: Arthur Howard, 2004. 30 pages. Genre: Picture Story. Language: English
This book was all colorful pictures that included five chapters describing the actions of the characters. The story was about a family that was doing their normal routine at home when all of a sudden relatives were coming over. The mom started to clean, cook and order the dad around to help out in the house. The baby was just looking at them while they were moving at a faster pace than usual. Kathi Appelt was a famous children writer who enjoyed writing ever since she can remember to write.
Every child can relate to this book because majority of the families react the same way. Children can feed back to the teachers about what each family does to prepare for a visit. This book is short and tells a story that every culture can relate to. I enjoy this book because a teacher can create so many activities relating the book. This book is not stereotyping so everyone can be involved.
Depaola, Tomie. “ A Mexican Cinderella Story Adelita." New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2002. 30 pages. Ages 5-12.Genre: Traditional Literature. Language: Spanish and English
The book included beautiful, cultural and colorful pictures. The story was retold and set as an imaginary tale in Mexico. Cinderella was dressed in a Mexican traditional dress and hair wrapped in ribbon. This book was written by Tomie dePaola and he has written and illustrated over 200 books. His work has been recognized with the Caldecott Honor Award and the Newbery Honor Award.
A Mexican Cinderella story was retold in Mexican tradition. The story was very similar to the original but were added phrases like “mi pequenita” which means my little one and which the Latin culture would only use to express their love to one another. This book is good for children because they already know the story but now they can hear about it in another traditional way.
Turner, Ann. “Dust for Dinner." Harper Collins, 1995. 62 pages. Ages 5-10. Genre: Chapter Book. Language: English
This book contains five chapters about a loving family. The family loses the home because of the conditions in the weather. They stay united throughout all the mishaps and uncertain journey to get their lives back to normal. This is a moral story of hope and unity within the family. Ann Turner is a well known children’s author that her book Rosemary’s Witch was named Best Book of 1991 by School library Journal. She is currently living in Williamsburg, Massachusetts.
I really enjoyed this book because of the unity you can see in the family. The family had to relocate and start over with their lives. They also did everything in their power to not let go of personal belonging that meant a lot to the family. The moral of the story is about trust, unity, believing and staying together to work things out. This book will show children that everyone has their good and bad times but at the end everything gets better. It also shows not to give up and continue trying to succeed.
Day, Alexandra. “Good Dog Carl." New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. 32 pages. Ages 3-6. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English
This is a picture story book about a dog and an infant baby. The mom leaves the dog to watch over the baby. As soon as the mom leaves the house, the baby wants to play with the dog. They start to jumping on beds, dancing, and making food. The dog watches over the baby like a human being and cleans all the mess before the mom got home. As soon as the mom entered, she found the baby in the crib like she had left them. This book is from Alexandra Day who is a fine artist, writer and illustrator, and book publisher. She was honored the Children’s Choice Awards and also Choice Award for Illustration in 1984.
I really enjoyed this book due to the fact that there are no words beyond the first page. This book can be shown to anyone and be interpreted in many different languages. This book shows a dog taking care of a baby that would not happen in reality. In the other hand it can show a young child that dogs or other animals can be harmless.
Lobel, Arnold. “Frog and Toad Together." Harper Collins, 1972. 64 Pages. Ages 5-11. Genre: Chapter Book. Language: English
This book has five short stories about a frog and a toad that are very good friends. It contains stories about braveness, patience, memory, following directions, and making the right decisions for a friend. Arnold Lobel wrote and illustrated over 70 books for children. He received a Newbery Honor Award for this book in 1973.
This book is very good for young children to get to know what is a friendship and getting along with people. In the last story it tells about a friend disappearing and the toad actually discontinued his enjoyment just to find his friend. Even though it was a dream it shows that the toad really appreciates his friend. This book also shows children encouragement and patience in order to accomplish something in life. It also gives examples of friendships on how they can rely on one another for help. The toad would go to the frog and vise versa.
Cannon, Janell. “ Stellaluna." New York: Singapore, 1993. 42 pages. Ages 4-8. Genre: Picture Book. Language: English
This picture book is about a bat that gets raised with birds. The book illustrates beautiful, colorful pictures that distinguish the bird and the bat. The bat was told not to hang on its feet because that was wrong according to the bird and the bat had to sleep at night like the birds. This story has a happy ending because the bat gets reunited with the mom. Janell Cannon is a self taught artist and writer that really admired animals. She became an author to help people transform fear of animals into informed affection. She currently lives in southern California with her cat and parrot.
This book gives a moral story about being different and still feeling very similar. This story explains that being different doesn’t mean being wrong. The birds accepted the bat and the bat accepted the birds. The young children will learn that being different is okay and acceptable. It also tells the children not to become judgmental about anyone.